Finding UX
Finding UX is a career application that will help simplify the UX job hunting experience by condensing the process to one central hub. This app allows users to search for open roles, showcase their portfolio, find events near them, and have discussions with people anywhere in the world.
My task was to create a seamless and pain free experience when signing up or logging into the application and searching for open roles within the job board.
Role:
Lead UX Designer
Members:
Fatimah Hylton
Sarah Murray
Saurabh Lahoria
Veronica Kahura
Timeline:
3 months
Industry:
Networking/ Employment
What are some highlight features within the application?
Effortlessly navigate UX opportunities across diverse industries: filter by post date and Industry for a comprehensive job search experience.
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Empowering employees with unlimited message requests to connect with recruiters or the CEO for seamless communication.
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Organizing jobs into many different folders based on job types or by industry.
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What struggles do people face when searching for UX Design work?
“There are so many people looking for a ux design work making it hard to find jobs in the state I live in, let alone remote work.”
“Finding reliable and affordable mentorship is way more difficult than I expected. Who knew getting guidance would be this difficult to find.”
“The lack of remote resourse that will really go into depth about what you need to know to succeed as a beginning ux designer.”
“Constantly coming across job postings I’ve already seen, not interested in, or already applied to.”
“Not qualifying for positions due to the many years of experience required for work I’m capable of doing.”
“There is a substantial amount of people trying to break into the world of digital design so competition is at an all time high.”
“When applying for jobs there is no autofill option so that I don’t have to keep inputting the same info multiple times.”
People trying to profit off of my vulnerability. Getting my hopes up with potential career coach help only to charge an arm and a leg.”
“Trying to showcase my talent when applying for many jobs is so difficult because most jobs are looking for something very different from the last.”
What do the people think of the Finding UX app?
C O M P O N E N T S
Final Prototype
Important lessons
My lesson would still be to not rush the process. UX and Product is not something that is learned over night. I'm learning to give myself grace when it comes to my design journey.
Obstacles
Obstacles would be improving my eye for design. Since I'm coming from a non-design background, there has definitely been a learning curve when it comes to what I think looks good and what truly looks good
Improvements
My biggest improvement would be my UI design skills. My UI work needed and still needs a lot of work, but I've come very far compared to my initial designs. Second improvement would be my storytelling; learning what it truly means to properly explain my design process.